Unwanted Lampard shows he's still got it as the midfielder stars in Chelsea's 4-0 romp over Stoke to embarrass Abromovich

FRANK LAMPARD converted a spot kick and gave a man-of-the-match performance in
Chelsea’s 4-0 win at Stoke to break another scoring record and heap further
embarrassment on Roman Abramovich and his executives.

Lampard’s penalty, sandwiched between two Jonathan Walters own goals and a
spectacular strike by Eden Hazard, took him clear of Kerry Dixon as
Chelsea’s second-top scorer of all-time on 194 goals — just eight short of
Bobby Tambling’s mark of 202. The match ended with Lampard saluting
Chelsea’s travelling supporters, who were making exaggerated bowing gestures
in his direction. When he scored, every outfield teammate raced to join him
in celebration.

Such tableaux underlined the popularity of Lampard, who at the behest of
Abramovich, Chelsea’s owner, has been told he will not be offered a new
contract when his current deal expires in the summer. On Wednesday, before
Chelsea’s home defeat in the Capital One Cup by Swansea, Abramovich’s